Symphony In C Bucks Downward Trend For Regional Orchestras

In recent times, Philadelphians have been made well aware of the fiscal challenges of sustaining a symphony orchestra. Now, around the country, other cities are experiencing such problems first hand. Serious doubts hang over the immediate viability of orchestras in Atlanta, Minnesota, St Paul, Indianapolis, and San Antonio with others likely to soon follow suit.

Yet in Camden, New Jersey, a city whose very municipal infrastructure is under threat, its orchestra - Symphony In C - continues to garner and grow support, audience, and reputation.

WRTI's Jim Cotter spoke with Symphony In C's President Krishna Thiagarajan about how, while other orchestras are struggling, Camden’s orchestra endures.